TY - JOUR
AU - Sabbagh, Heba Jafar
AU - Abdelaziz, Wafaa
AU - Quritum, Maryam
AU - Alkhateeb, Nada Abubakor
AU - Abourdan, Joud
AU - Qureshi, Nafeesa
AU - Qureshi, Shabnum
AU - Hamoud, Ahmed H. N.
AU - Mahmoud, Nada
AU - Odeh, Ruba
AU - Al-Khanati, Nuraldeen Maher
AU - Jaber, Rawiah
AU - Balkhoyor, Abdulrahman Loaie
AU - Shabi, Mohammed
AU - Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin
AU - Alade, Omolola
AU - Gomaa, Noha
AU - Alnahdi, Raqiya
AU - Mahmoud, Nawal A.
AU - El Wazziki, Hanane
AU - Alnaas, Manal
AU - Samodien, Bahia
AU - Mahmoud, Rawa A.
AU - Abu Assab, Nour
AU - Saad, Sherin
AU - Alhachim, Sondos G.
AU - El Tantawi, Maha
PY - 2022
DA - July
TI - Cigarettes' use and capabilities-opportunities-motivation-for-behavior model: a multi-country survey of adolescents and young adults
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
VL - 10
DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.875801
AB - The use of cigarettes among adolescents and young adults (AYA) is an important issue. This study assessed the association between regular and electronic-cigarettes use among AYA and factors of the Capability-Motivation-Opportunity-for-Behavior-change (COM-B) model. A multi-country survey was conducted between August-2020 and January-2021, Data was collected using the Global-Youth-Tobacco-Survey and Generalized-Anxiety-Disorder-7-item-scale. Multi-level logistic-regression-models were used. Use of regular and electronic-cigarettes were dependent variables. The explanatory variables were capability-factors (COVID-19 status, general anxiety), motivation-factors (attitude score) and opportunity-factors (country-level affordability scores, tobacco promotion-bans, and smoke free-zones) controlling for age and sex. Responses of 6,989-participants from 25-countries were used. Those who reported that they were infected with COVID-19 had significantly higher odds of electronic-cigarettes use (AOR = 1.81, P = 0.02). Normal or mild levels of general anxiety and negative attitudes toward smoking were associated with significantly lower odds of using regular-cigarettes (AOR = 0.34, 0.52, and 0.75, P &lt; 0.001) and electronic-cigarettes (AOR = 0.28, 0.45, and 0.78, P &lt; 0.001). Higher affordability-score was associated with lower odds of using electronic-cigarettes (AOR = 0.90, P = 0.004). Country-level-smoking-control policies and regulations need to focus on reducing cigarette affordability. Capability, motivation and opportunity factors of the COM-B model were associated with using regular or electronic cigarettes.
PB - Frontiers Media
UR - https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/e7f2c48e-8dcb-408b-b76b-029ef3072a99
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Alcohol, tobacco and drugs
KW - Children, young people and families
ER